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Hairy Dragonfly has been seen at Lynclys Quarry reportedly in the 'woody bit' on 4th May by Anna McCann. Anna sent in this photo of the male which shows clearly the prominent tapering antehumeral stripes,…

The sudden surge of spring species remains unconvincing in terms of numbers and indeed numbers of records coming in, but gradually the list of those on the wing is growing. Stephen Barlow has sent in…

Tim Walter has sent in the first record of Common Blue Damselfly (pictured left) seen alongside Blue-tailed Damselflies at Pam's Pools near Bridgnorth. Things have remained slow in getting going and today is the first…

Wonderful weather and things definitely getting underway! Harry Beaman has photographed this female White-faced Darter at Whixall Moss on 24th April and the following day Ivan Grove saw 9  Beautiful Demoiselles (male below left) at…

After a record breaking April in 2025, this year has been comparatively very slow to get going, but finally a second species has emerged, Blue-tailed Damselfly. Tim Walter saw a male and a female at…

Well it couldn't be more different to last spring when good numbers of damselflies were already out and about in early April. Here we have evidence from Stephen Barlow of the first individuals appearing up…

Tricky April weather and tricky recording as I am unable to check iRecord for incoming records due to a security issue- hopefully soon to be resolved! Despite this the first Large Red Damselfly has been…

Nothing reported yet, but keep your eyes open for the first Large Red Damselflies. 2025  saw the earliest ever Shropshire individuals emerge on April 5th! This exuviae was photographed by Jan Shields in previous years,…

It's that crazy time of year where people are already talking Christmas so I thought I'd post a reminder to please make sure you have all your records entered into iRecord or emailed to myself…

Once the day warms up there are still a reasonable number of dragonflies on the wing. Geoff Hall has sent in this pair of Migrant Hawkers seen at Dinham Bridge, Ludlow and Jan Shields has…